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The 2012 Billboard Music Awards which will be held Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas will be a star studded occasion. Awards for the ceremony will be given out in over 46 categories which include Top Female Artist, Top Artist, Top New Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Duo or Group, Top Digital Song Artist, Top Digital Media Artist and more. UK singer Adele, 24, is nominated in more than 18 categories which include nominations for her albums 19 and 21 as well as for her hit songs Rolling In The Deep and Someone Like You. The singer will also be going up against Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Katy Perry for the Top Artist and up against Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Rihanna for the Top Female Artist Award.

Although Rihanna didn’t get as many nominations as Adele, Pop star Rihanna came close. Rihanna is nominated for 13 categories, while female rapper Nicki Minaj is nominated for seven awards which include Top Female Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist and Top Rap Artist. Lady Gaga monsters may be proud of mama monster for being nominated for 10 awards which include two albums competing against each other, “Born This Way” and “The Fame” for Top Dance Album. The “Teenage Dream” Katy Perry is nominated for 6 awards which include Top 100 Artist and Top Pop Artist.

Those who only watch the Billboard Awards for the performances, the 2012 Billboard Music Awards performers will include Carrie Underwood, Carly Rae Jepsen, Katy Perry, Chris Brown, Usher, Kelly Clarkson, Linkin Park, Nelly Furtado, Justin Bieber, The Wanted, Cee Lo Green, Linkin Park, LMFAO, amongst others. The 2012 Billboard Music Awards will also include a performance by Alicia Keys for the show-closing presentation of the Billboard’s Icon Award to Stevie Wonder who will join Alicia Keys.

To not forget those who past this year and contributed to the music industry, the awards ceremony will be honoring Whitney Houston who passed in February and will pay tribute to Beastie Boys’ Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch, who died May 4, 2012 and, most recently, the Queen of Disco Donna Summer, who passed Thursday, May 17, 2012, as reported on MusiqQueen.com.

Whitney Houston will be honored with the Billboard Millennium Award with a tribute performed by Jordin Sparks (who’s played Whitney Houston’s daughter in the new remake of the movie ‘Sparkle’) and John Legend. Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina, and sister-in-law, Pat Houston, will be accepting the award in her honor.